Botryoidal Hematite & Goethite

REGULAR COLUMNS

Something New This Way Comes…

Hematite

GLOBALLY INFLUENTIAL AND ACCESSIBLE

VOLCANIC GEMS

Fragments of Clear Magma Dot Wine Country

Artisanal Mining

It’s Dangerous, Illegal, Undocumented—and Booming

Proustite

A Red Silver Treasure

Hunting for YOOPERLITES

Spotting Sodalite on the Shores at Night

The Minerals of Kilauea

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Inspiring Improvisation

Recently while I was discussing various carving techniques

Sharing Agate Appeal

It’s not every day that wisdom from revered Chinese

Rock & Gem KIDS

Lucia Hetrick Helps Grow a Club

William Clarke Walker III (aka Skye)

Chatting with William Clarke Walker III, better known

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What do you tell people who ask why you are interested in rocks, gems, minerals, fossils, and/or lapidary?

Gentle Giants and Making Magnesite

Carbon dioxide can be captured, locked up and stored

Silicon Dioxide: More Than Just Quartz

It is not surprising that the term “silicon dioxide”

Composite Materials

Making cabochons on a daily basis, I find myself always

SHOW DATES

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Making Maine Memories in May

May is going to be a wonderful month in the state of